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No. 293.640. Patented Feb 19,1884.

N. PETERS Phnmuzhn m hx. Washington. D c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN sIETo DIGNAM, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,640, dated February 19, 1884.

Application filed July as, 1883. (No man ware; and I do further hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make the same.

My invention relates more particularly to that class of jugs thatare made of glass and are used in connection with a separate and removable tray of the same or similar material; and the object of my invention is to suspend the jug over the tray bya suitable metal swing or support, so that the contents may be poured out by simply tilting the jug, all of which is more fully described hereinafter.

Figure l is a perspective view of my invention shown in connection with a jug and tray;

. Fig. 2, side elevation of the swing or support;

Fig. 3, sectional view on the line ac x of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, front elevation of button.

A represents the jug, made of glass or earthenware, having on each side,in about the center, the buttons B B. Said buttons are provided with a recess, into which the two ends of the swing are sprung, the ends being turned inwardly for that purpose. The tray is provided in the center, near one end, with a cavity, D,narrowing toward the bottom, into which the projection O on the swing G fits. The cavity D may be either made in the body of the tray or (as is shown in the drawings) in a as they are only held in their position on the tray by the weight of the jug.

As far as I am aware, metal jugs only have been mounted'on a swing heretofore, and, so

far as I know, none have been made that are so simple and that may be so cheaply and easily constructed, for thejug and tray described would cost no more than the same articles as they usually are made, and nothing could be more easily or cheaply made or more readily attached or detached than the swing.

What I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a glass or earthenware jug witha rigid handle of the same material, a separate tray, also of the same material, and a U-shaped metal swing grasping the jug between its two upper ends, and held in an upright position by having the part central between the two ends inserted in a cavity in the tray, substantially as and in the manner hereinbefore described.

JOHN SIFTON DIGN AM. 

